karl ferrara is an active member of the classified ad industry. he attends a networking conference every year. it dent take long before we spot him. >> karl ferrara? hi, we've been looking for you. do you have a second? i'm gloria riviera with abc news. >> yeah? >> we want to ask a few questions. >> oh, i'm -- >> underage girls are trafficked on backpage.com, your company. >> no comment. >> we saw a real-life example of this last week -- >> i'm sorry. >> you're a father what would you want to say to him? he wants to know why this is going on. >> please -- >> initially when he saw us he said hello, how are you? as soon as we brought up law enforcement and the underage trafficking of young girls, he said he didn't want to talk to us. but now he's facing even tougher questions. crime by earning revenue from prostitution. and soliciting clients. and because of his alleged role, ferrara faces up to 22 years behind bars. his defense attorney says he's looking forward to his day in court. >> mr. ferrara looks forward to vigorously fighting these charges

colleen ferrara is bundled up. get a massage on the way to work. i call that wednesday. >> reporter: it's wednesday so it's the first bus to work day and they have bike to work day and in the summertime we show you all the people tubing to boulder creek? they thought it was the first day to say, ride the bus, why not? you're participating today. >> we're excited to have ride frequently and encourage others to ride. we have transit stations around town, promotions at local businesses and people can get a ride on this. >> reporter: i heart ride. i love that. their routes are free and routes are free on the hop with via so it's a great partnership with the city and county and celebrating walk and bike to school. the a really cool day and we're really excited to be here >> reporter: we're excited to have kids walk to school today, which is great. a wonderful thing about public transportation is you can relaxes to and from work and with people riding the bus and walking to school, there may not be that much traffic which may be a good thing. >> i hope s

reporter colleen ferrara is live outside the apartment construction site on humboldt street and, colleen, people are going to rally there today for their cause. >> reporter: according to the group's website, stop the humboldt micros, from 5:00 to 6:00 tonight they will come toll this corner, rally, and tomorrow morning they have an appeal hearing to get their voices heard once again. behind me, would cause so much controversy, but i want you to put yourself in these neighbor's shoes. people in surround areas are very crowded right now so you can imagine 100 units in your neighborhood and no park to go with it. of course so par??ng would be taken away and that is their concern right now. a lot of residents are saying, "hey, we don't oppose new development. we don't mind it at all. we need parking to go with it because cu residents will have no options once you put up 100 apartments right here." they said they know there's a housing shortage but this is not the way to solve that problem. a lot of neighborhood have complained to city council member and now city council member have stopped i

at 6:00 a.m., colleen ferrara will sit down with the developer of the hotel for his take on the projects. >> i love dot steiner. i do know that. >>> there are plenty of haunts around the state to keep your nightmares fresh this halloween. we want to know what is your favorite haunt. twice using the hashtag #beon9. let us know how you get scared. >> help us make some plans. ll >> just this once. >>> we'll tell you how posting a selfie of you and your completed ballot is illegal. one celebrity didn't realize the law applied to his home state. his intention may have been good but it's still illegal. >> 2-2. indians win game 1. >>> game 1 done. >>> the russian antidoping commission said it will introduce new laws. you may remember many athletes were banned in rio when an investigation showed the country was helping its athletes cheat. the track and field team had to sit out. the head of the commission said it will work with the world cheaters and clear the innocent. >>> sports talk is all about the world series it kicked off tuesday, indians versus the cubs. the indians shut out the cubs 6-

depth sees say ferrara waa see ex-girlfriend although she had a restraining order against him. >>> a police chief in wisconsin is angry after a judge refused to let officers wear their guns to a courtroom. she told them -- the judge put his officers in danger because of defendant had previously spit on them and kicked them and resisted arrest. >> they're appearing as witnesses. those are the only police officers she had witnesses in this particular case. the courtroom still has officers who act as security for the courtroom and they still have their weapons, so it's not as if anybody went unprotected in that courtroom. >> in wisconsin, a judge can decide whether to allowuns in a courtroom. >>> the zika virus popped up in one neighborhood. there were cdc says pregnant women should avoid the area. a second zika outbreak in miami dade area. the governor says the newest discovery shows how bad they need funding. >>> she wants -- it accused her husband donald of sexually assaulting a reporter. it's not the assault she's mad at. she says she and the reporter ran into each other. she part o

ferrara began taking pictures of them, their white van and even this one of the vehicle's v.i.n.r. >> didn't have no license plate and we opened the door and took a picture of the v.i.n. number. at 2:00 p.m. on saturday he was throwing garbage, taking pictures and asked him to pick up the garbage or else we would report it to the city. >> reporter: 47th avenue is in the heart of city councilman knoll guyio's district. >> the only way it's going to change is the neighbors and merchants and residents have to get involved and don't leave that up to the city to take care of it. >> reporter: gallo and other city members want oakland to become proactive to institute a reward program for those who report illegal dumping. >> let me be clear. don't grab them, take a picture of the license plate and send it to opw @oakland.com. >> ferrera will keep taking pictures, whatever it takes. he just wants this to stop on his block. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> the a glimpse into the often powerless life of a tenant in san francisco was played out on valencia street today. yesterday a

colleen ferrara is live this morning and, colleen, nine people who are hopeless are suing the city in this case. >> reporter: you know, we have this group of homeless people filed, saying their constitutional rights are being violated by the city of denver during these homeless sweeps where the camps are all taken away and the city takes all their belong ings. the mayor said it was an attempt to get rid of unsanitary and unsafe conditions. according to the attorney representing the this case, he requested the homeless without i.d. be allowed to attend. they will have breakfast for the group of people and will hold a little bit of a news conference to talk about what they hope to accomplish today in that hearing so again, the hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. this is a battle we have seen for some time so it will be out of the lawsuit and how the city responds. >> colleen, thank you for going through that for us. let's check the forecast with marty. you can see the umbrella up. >>> it's one of these things where if you're checking your phone and looking at the 9news weather app, "i don't see

colleen ferrara will give us an update on soon to be released body cam video of that incident. >>> hang up the phone, put the mascara away and don't be eating. if you're guilty of distracted driving arapahoe county deputies are getting creative >>> and a last minute push for votes continues, both candidates campaigning today as the race is getting tighter in one key state. we will talk about that. >>> let's check the weather and traffic with amelia and marty. >> thank you, gary. let's talk about castle rock. we are going to go down south, the backups have been pretty massive out to our maps and the drive both directions leading up to toma road very, very tough but the 4 1/2 mile delay -- stretch of delay leading up to the earlcr crashes northbound to southbound all around this big closure of the highway, still trying to break down. now, both directions of the highway are getting through but there's still so much curiosity, there's a lot of debris on the highways. westbound 76, there's a wreck at federal with slowdowns back to i-25 with 22-mile-per-hour average speeds and i-70 has got th

norma quarrels: congresswoman ferrara, as a devout catholic does it trouble you that so many , of the leaders of your church >> let me tell you that i did not come to my position on abortion very lightly. i am a devout catholic and when i was running for congress in 1978, i met with the person i felt very close to, a monsignor, currently a bishop. i spoke about my personal feelings that i would not have an abortion but i was not sure if i were to become pregnant because of a rate that would be self righteous. he said that's not good enough, you can't support that position. that's my religious views and i will accept the teaching of the church, but i cannot impose my religious views on someone else. i take an oath as a public official to represent all the people, not just the catholic. when there comes a time i cannot practice my religion and do my job properly, i will resign my job. >> vice president bush, your rebuttal? >> i respect that statement, i really and truly do. morale a different question here on abortion. i notice mr. mondale keeps talking in the debate and now has come up

the specks have been completed, and the contract was awarded to ferrara so four will be delivered within a year and four a couple of months later. we have received two rescue squads and they're currently being outfitd and should be in the field in the next couple of weeks. two aerial trucks have been ordered. they're still working on the specks and once finalized approved they will go out to bid. and lastly we still awaiting the a -- arrive of -- [inaudible] so we can go into service. under division of training. under ems during this reporting period we suspended active shooter training and will resume at a later date and during this time the ems staff is conducting required paramedic and emt training as well as preparing for the upcoming academies. the h3 level two bump up academy which is from emt to paramedic is scheduled to start november 7 and the 121st academy is scheduled to start three weeks later on november 28 with the two weeks of ems training for the 42 firefighter h 2.s. the h3 level one emt academy is scheduled to start mid-january. and under fire reserves members continue

ones that were little unusual and grabbed a little bit more attention were people like gerald dean ferrarasarah palin and they were meant to shake up the election. >> do you think that people will do anything, any fireworks? >> no, i think what we're going to do they're going to be the pr spokesmen for each of the campaigns. it's actually they'll give us an opportunity to hear really what the republican parties nominee is supposed to be saying coming out of the mouth of mike pence. i think on the democratic side, i think there's less of a difference between kan cane kaie and clinton. we've seen a few instances where pence publicly -- >> says one thing. >> separates himself from his own presidential nominee. >> it's going to be interesting. we'll stay on top of it of the thank you for coming in. we'll see if if that's smooth or if there's response to the hea heated emotion of the last couple comments. we'll check it out on fox news sunday. >> this week on fox news sunday with the first debate in the books, trump clinton plot their strategies for round two. trump threatening to after bill cl

colleen ferrara has the details on an upcoming hearing. seat to the traditional shot version because of what doctors are saying about it. 9news reporter christine noel is talking all things flu vaccine this morning. >>> let's check weather and traffic now with amelia and marty on this rainy, overcast morning. >> it is. >> rainy, overcast, no sun glare to worry about but we have a problem with the train to the plane but has nothing to do with rtd. we are looking at a problem where a semitruck struck a crossing arm at the holly crossing. the trains have together to accommodate more riders. they are taking off every 30 minutes from dia and union station so you need to tack on some extra time or maybe just drive yourself out to the airport if you're making your way back and forth. views outside, lots of low visibility, slightly damp roads but not a splashback situation so, marty, the forecast hasn't left us with too bad of a drive. >> it looks like it is getting a bit better, doesn't it? the visibility looks like it's improving and i think tha

the specks have been completed, and the contract was awarded to ferrara so four will be delivered within year and four a couple of months later. we have received two rescue squads and they're currently being outfitd and should be in the field in the next couple of weeks. two aerial trucks have been ordered. they're still working on the specks and once finalized approved they will go out to bid. and lastly we still awaiting the a -- arrive of -- [inaudible] so we can go into service. under division of training. under ems during this reporting period we suspended active shooter training and will resume at a later date and during this time the ems staff is conducting required paramedic and emt training as well as preparing for the upcoming academies. the h3 level two bump up academy which is from emt to paramedic is scheduled to start november 7 and the 121st academy is scheduled to start three weeks later on november 28 with the two weeks of ems training for the 42 firefighter h 2.s. the h3 level one emt academy is scheduled to start mid-january. and under fire reserves members continue to

the specks have been completed, and the contract was awarded to ferrara so four will be delivered within a year and four a couple of months later. we have received two rescue squads and they're currently being outfitd and should be in the field in the next couple of weeks. two aerial trucks have been ordered. they're still working on the specks and once finalized approved they will go out to bid. and lastly we still awaiting the a -- arrive of -- [inaudible] so we can go into service. under division of training. under ems during this reporting period we suspended active shooter training and will resume at a later date and during this time the ems staff is conducting required paramedic and emt training as well as preparing for the upcoming academies. the h3 level two bump up academy which is from emt to paramedic is scheduled to start november 7 and the 121st academy is scheduled to start three weeks later on november 28 with the two weeks of ems training for the 42 firefighter h 2.s. the h3 level one emt academy is scheduled to start mid-january. and under fire reserves members continue